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Channa Reddy

Channa Reddy

For Steve Pechous, a graduate student in plant physiology, it's not a nonsense question. "One of the main things I've learned," he says, "is that at the molecular level, plants and animals are much more similar than they are different. The way they respond to disease looks different, but actually both respond hypersensitively. Animals cough or sneeze. Plants produce defensive chemicals."